Architectural and Engineering Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Architectural and Engineering Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $171,270 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 220,260. Wage data is published for 384 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
O*NET code
11-9041.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 10 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$171,270
Hourly median
$82.34
Employment
220,260
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.38 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.00 | 4.25 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Mathematics | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Active Learning | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.88 | 4.25 |
| Time Management | 3.88 | 4.00 |
Typical tasks
- Direct, review, or approve project design changes.
- Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.
- Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects.
- Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients.
- Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.
- Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs, or market demand.
- Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates.
- Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts.
Technology
- Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended
- Adobe LifeCycle ES
- Agile Product Lifecyle Management PLM
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Ansible software
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Groovy
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Maven
Architectural and Engineering Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in CAMedian $210,280 · Employment 29,630
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in TXMedian $171,370 · Employment 19,030
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in MIMedian $166,930 · Employment 14,820
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in OHMedian $166,870 · Employment 9,690
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in PAMedian $164,690 · Employment 9,640
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $190,900 · Employment 9,570
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in Detroit, MIMedian $168,550 · Employment 9,260
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in ILMedian $163,610 · Employment 8,900
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in FLMedian $170,740 · Employment 8,710
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in NYMedian $175,710 · Employment 8,250
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in MAMedian $201,430 · Employment 7,690
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $183,890 · Employment 7,580
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.